I never felt that I fitted in, that I belonged. Instead there was always the feeling that I am an interloper, an outsider.   Steve Latham   I occupy my present position in society, merely by accident. If they (whoever ‘they’ are) ever found out, they would throw me out. […]

I do not want to prejudge the debate, although it is an important issue; and certainly I am a supporter of multiculturalism. Multiculturalism, however, is both a sociological reality and a political ideology.   Steve Latham . All of us must accept the fact of diversity in our society. Whether we […]

Recently, a friend of mine awoke to find that his street in Bethnal Green had been the site for a battle between two rival gangs.   Steve Latham   Instead of the black-on-white violence which characterised the 1990s, this was a fight between two Asian gangs. In parts of London, […]

“Guilt is a great motivator”, I said to my therapist. She was not impressed. Of course I was being provocative. But psychotherapists are often concerned at mitigating our guilt-feelings, seeing them as signs of a repressive superego.   Steve Latham   Guilt can indeed be induced, as a means of […]